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TORONTO: Blue Ant Media’s specialty channel Cottage Life, which focuses on real estate, food, DIY projects and more, is bringing new and returning shows, including Colin & Justin’s Cabin Pressure, to its spring lineup.

LONDON: Hat Trick International has inked a range of new deals for Keo Films’s three-part documentary Hugh’s War on Waste, which is headed to Foxtel in Australia, DR Byen in Denmark and TVB in Hong Kong, among other broadcasters.

SHERMAN OAKS: GRB Entertainment has secured sales for several factual titles, including the music-based docuseries Braxton Family Values, in Africa and Sweden.

WASHINGTON, D.C./DURBAN/LONDON: Nat Geo WILD has lined up a third season of Snake City, which will air on the U.S. channel in January 2017 before rolling out internationally.

KNOXVILLE: Scripps Networks Interactive has acquired the remaining 35 percent interest in Travel Channel Media from Cox Communications for $99 million in cash, which includes the value of certain tax benefits.

TORONTO: Blue Ant Media’s lifestyle specialty channel Makeful is debuting new original series, including Taste of the Country, this spring and will also launch a four-week free preview across Canada that kicks off February 29.

ALBUQUERQUE: REELZ has lined up the original documentary special El Chapo & Sean Penn: Bungle in the Jungle for a March premiere.

Gary R. Benz, president and CEO, and Liz Levenson, the director of international sales and acquisitions, speak about factual programming trends and the company’s future plans.

TORONTO: Boat Rocker Rights has taken on worldwide distribution for programs in Fox’s syndicated science block Xploration Station.

NEW YORK: World Screen and TV Real are teaming with Reed MIDEM to present the first-ever Factual Trendsetter Awards at MIPDoc, recognizing Smithsonian Networks’s David Royle, ZDF Enterprises’s Kristina Hollstein, RMC Découverte’s Corentin Glutron and Discovery’s Nesta Owens.